Locking clip for pens



Feb. 13, 1951 A. G. RosA LOCKING CLIP FOR PENS Filed July 26, 1945 INVENTOR. ANTHONY 6. E0514.

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Patented Feb. 13, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in looking devices for fountain pens and pencils, and it has for its object to provide a locking member that will prove infallible in operation, sturdy in use, easy to manipulate, and cheap to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a partly elevational and partly transverse sectional View, showing my locking device attached to the upper closure member of a fountain pen.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing my locking device engaging a pocket.

Figure 3 is also a view similar to- Figure 1, showing my locking device in the process of disengagement from the pocket.

Figure 4 is a side elevational View of said closure member, or cap, with the locking device secured thereto.

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of my device, as disclosed in Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral indicates the rather conventional clip member, generally attached to the outside of the upper closure cap ll of a fountain pen and secured to said closure cap by means of screws or bolts I2. A spring member [3 is attached to the inner side of said closure cap H, for instance by means of the same bolts [2.

A stud I4 is fixedly secured to the spring member l3 and protrudes through openings I5 and 16 in the closure cap II and the clip member 10, respectively, as may be seen especially in Figure 2.

An upwardly projecting tapered stud I! forms an integral part of the spring member l3 and protrudes through an opening I9 in the closure cap II for the purpose of engaging a pocket l9, as shown in Figure 2, when a fountain pen or pencil is placed in said pocket.

The spring member [3 terminates at its lower end in an angularly bent hook portion 20 adapted to solidly engage the top of a fountain pen by means of an annular recess 2| in the latter, when the fountain pen is inserted into a pocket, as

shown in Figures 2 and 3, thereby securing a safe attachment of the ensemble of a fountain pen and its closure cap to a garment.

The locking device is applied to a pocket l9 by means of the stud ll upon insertion of a fountain pen into said pocket, as shown in Figure 2; it is disengaged from the pocket by applying pressure to the stud I4 by a finger 22, as shown in Figure 3.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and within the appended claims, and I do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

The combination of a fountain pen, having an annular groove therein, with a closure cap, the latter being formed with two cut-outs in the side thereof, a clip having a hole therein and being secure-d to the outside of said closure cap, a spring secured to the inside of the latter, a tapered stud fixedly attached to said inner spring and extending through out of the openings in the closure cap, a second stud fixedly attached to said inner spring and protruding through the other opening in the closure cap and through the hole in said clip, said inner spring terminating in a hook portion adapted to engage the groove in the fountain pen, substantially as shown and described.

ANTHONY G. ROSA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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